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Location: Hancock, MI - Mineral Range Facilities
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Time Line
1880. August. A Norwegian named Benjamin Olat was found hanging cold and lifeless in the Mineral Range railroad coal bin. It was determined to be a suicide. [DFP-1880-0818]
1898. January. The Mineral Range railroad is about to build a 1,000-foot dock at Hancock, one of the largest in the lakes. [YEX-1898-0128]
Bibliography
The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:
- [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
- [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
- [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
- [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
- [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI
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